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    Airframe Family: North American B-25/PBJ Mitchell
    Latest Model:Mitchell III
    Last Military Serial:5248 RCAF
    Construction Number:108-47425
    Last Civil Registration:N325N
    Compressed ID:NA Mitchell III sn 5248 RCAF cn 108...
    Latest Owner or Location:N325N Llc, Granite Falls, MN

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a B-25J-30-NC by North American at Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

    15 June 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-86698.
    Placed into storage at Independence, Missouri.

    Converted to a TB-25J.

    15 January 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 5248 as a Mitchell III.

    30 November 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 5248.

    From December 1961 to 1965

    To Hicks and Lawrence Ltd, Ostrander, ON with new c/r CF-NWU.

    May 1965

    To Eldon Armstrong of Toronto, Canada keeping c/r CF-NWU.

    From October 1965 to 1967

    To Charles E. Graham, Niagara-On-Lake, ON keeping c/r CF-NWU.

    From September 1967 to 1968

    To L. H. Vance and T. M. Cooper, Addison, TX keeping c/r CF-NWU.

    From August 1968 to 1969

    To Texas United Flyers, Dallas, TX with new c/r N543VT.

    From January 1969 to 1975

    To I. N. Junior Burchinall, Flying Tiger Field, Paris, TX keeping c/r N543VT.

    From September 1975 to 1978

    To Daniel Jackson, Seymour, TX keeping c/r N543VT.

    1978

    Loaned to SST Aviation Museum, Kissimmee, FL.

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: When at the SST Air Museum.

    6 July 1979


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1979 photo at Kissimee, Florida of a North American TB-25J Mitchell - registered at that time as N543VT

    From August 1982 to 1983

    To G and M Aircraft Ltd, Saint Albert, AB.

    From May 1983 to 1997

    Assigned civil registration: C-GUNO

    Operated as fire service #3.

    Operated as fire service #338.

    1992

    Withdrawn from use.
    The last operating B-25 fire bomber.

    21 July 1997


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at Santa Rosa, CA.

    21 July 1997


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at Santa Rosa, CA.

    September 1998

    To Aerocrafters/Lyn Hunt, Steve Penning and Bill Manley, Santa Rosa, CA with new c/r N325N.

    5 November 1998

    To Mitchell Mania Llc/Steve Penning, Windsor, CA keeping c/r N325N.

    13 May 1999

    Certificate of airworthiness for N325N (B-25N, 10847452) issued.

    To Aerocrafters, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    2001

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: Sunday Punch, 44, 486698
    Returned to military configuration with a solid 12 gun nose.

    13 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    By May 2011

    Placed up for sale on Barnstomers.

    25 February 2012


    Photographer: Helicopterfriend
    Notes: Twin Wright R-2600 Cyclone 14

    25 February 2012


    Photographer: Helicopterfriend
    Notes: Lady with Sunday Punch nose art

    25 February 2012


    Photographer: Helicopterfriend
    Notes: Possible military history

    25 February 2012


    Photographer: Helicopterfriend
    Notes: Parked outside the hanger

    23 April 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N325N.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Granite Falls, MN.

    17 May 2012

    To N325N Llc, Granite Falls, MN keeping c/r N325N.

    From 2012 to 2013

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: Paper Doll, 327473
    The work was carried out at Chino, CA. The gun nose was replaced by a B-25J glass nose along with internal military detailing.

    1 January 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for N325N (B-25N, 10847452) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2013

    To Mitchell Mania Llc, Santa Rosa, CA keeping c/r N325N.

    Placed on display with Fagen Fighters WW2 Museum/Ron Fagen, Granite Falls, MN.
    View the Location Dossier

    11 February 2015

    To N325N Llc, Granite Falls, MN keeping c/r N325N.

    23 July 2018


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: At 2018 AirVenture, Oshkosh, WI

    23 July 2018


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger

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